Me and my friends drove down to the riverside E5 With a half case of beer and a couple bottles of wine D5 A5 E5 And the rain started to fall D5 A5 D5 A5 E5 We tipped our bottles and the river overflowed Refr?o ------------- A5 D5 A5 D5 Floodwater, carry me away A5 D5 E5 Take my mind to another place A5 D5 A5 D5 Drown my sorrow, kill my fear A5 D5 B5 E5 Floodwater, take me far away from here -------------------- Guitars ringin', hazy smoke filled room People swayin', two-step drunken fools And it looks like stormy weather Emptied my glass, and everything got better Chorus Far away from the deep blue Texas skies The Red River creature tried to steal away my mind But the way, the truth and the light Would not forsake the one for 99 Chorus